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year was very marked, and showed the value of what he had ac- 

 complished. 



The President put the vote to the meeting, and declared it carried 

 unanimously. 



The First Conversazione was announced for the 26th inst. 



The following Instruments, Objects, &c., were exhibited:— 



Prof. Bell: — Transverse sections of spines of Cidaridse, Salenia 

 and Echinocidaris, illustrating his paper. 



Mr. Bolton : — (1) VorticeUce (? sp.) ; (2) Syncoryne frutescens. 



Dr. J. D. Cox: — Photographs of Diatoms, illustrating his paper. 



Mr. Crisp : — (1) Foot & Son's New Compound Microscope 

 (4s. ^d.) ; (2) Fasoldt's Nose-piece ; (3) Osborne's Diatomescope. 



Kev. Metcalfe Gray : — Ether Freezing Microtome, and two sections 

 of cancer cut with it. 



Dr. Maddox:— (1) Miquel's Culture Slide; (2) Sterilized gela- 

 tinized paper. 



Mr. J. Mayall, jun. : — (1) Swift Microscope with double " stepped- 

 rack " and improved limb ; (2) Bertrand Polarizing Prism. 



Dr. Van Heurck : — Amphipleura pelhicida mounted (1) in H. 

 L. Smith's medium. Index 2*25, and (2) in Van Heurck's medium. 

 Index 2 (ante, p. 656). 



Mr. F. H. Ward : — Section of human spinal cord from a case of 

 Syrin go-myelus. 



Mr. H. G. A. Wright : — Proboscis of Blow-fly showing the 

 structure described in his letter. 



Mr. L. Wright : — Lantern Microscope and the objects enumerated 

 supra. 



New Fellows :— The following were elected Ordinary Fellows : — 

 Messrs. Augustus C. Bernays, A.M., M.D., J. W. Eussell, E. P. Hart 

 Durkee, B.L., Albert B. Hole, A. Longbottom, G. E. Mainland, P. C. 

 Nixon, F. A. Parsons, John Ehodes, W. X. Sudduth, M.D., and the 

 Eev. A. V. Miller, B.D. Prof. W. Kitchen Parker was elected an 

 Honorary Fellow. 



